Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 09:15:44 -0400
From: Steve Smith <sgs at aginc.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: WSFA TV
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

"Strong, Lee" wrote:
>
>         Sam Lubell comments that it would be hard to sustain the quality of
> Retief, Ambassador to the Stars and Cordwainer Smith's You Will Never Be the
> Same on the boob tube even in an imaginary WSFA TV network.  True.  But I'd
> rather try for something great and fail than preemptively declare defeat.

There's also the problem that a "successful" TV show has to go on for
ten years or so.  Basically, what usually happens is the show "jumps the
shark" at some point, and a couple of years later, even its rabid fans
can't stand it.

Better to go out while you're still on top, rather than turn into a
parody of yourself.  The last season of Xena, for example, looked like
bad fanfic.

Retif and Cordwainer Smith would, I think, work well as a miniseries.
(Actually, two different miniserieses.  You know what I mean.)  Much
better than keeping them around until they get blue and furry and turn
into "Seinfield".

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Steve Smith                                           sgs at aginc.net
Agincourt Computing                            http://www.aginc.net
"Truth is stranger than fiction because fiction has to make sense."